Independence movements and aspirant peoples (Japan)

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• Republic of the Ryukyus
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Ainu People

by Pascal Gross

Flag of Ainu Nation in Northern Japan.
ratio (probably) 2:3.
Searched by Juanjo Gonzalez.
No explanation about symbolism.

Jaume Ollé - 20 September 1996

The Ainu flag was designed by the late Mr Bikki Sunazawa in 1973.

Cerurean blue stands for sky and sea , white for snow and red for arrow which is running in the snow beneath big Hokkaido's sky .

As a whole, the flag is a symbol of ainu peoles mind and culture which never disappear.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 21 March 1999

by Ivan Sache

by Jaume Ollé

From Constituion of independent Republic of the Ryukyus at http://www2.gol.com/users/johnrach/Const.html (link no longer active)

Article Seven:

The national flag of the Republic of Ryukyus is black, red, and white.

divided horizontally
Gvido Petersons, 16 February 1999

by Jaume Ollé